Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award

About the Award

The Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award recognizes and honors an outstanding faculty member of the University of Colorado for efforts to advance women in academia, interdisciplinary scholarly contributions and distinguished teaching. Instituted in 1992, the award is named for Elizabeth Gee, a faculty member in the CU Anschutz Medical Campus School of Nursing and the late wife of former CU President, Gordon Gee.The Gee award is the only award in the CU system that specifically recognizes outstanding work on women's issues and a concerted effort to advance women in the academy. It carries with it a $1000 prize, and the recipient is invited to present his/her scholarly work at the Gee Memorial Lecture during annual CU Women Succeeding Professional Development Symposium.

Eligibility

Any full-time faculty member from any of the CU campuses may be nominated. See below for more details on the nomination process. Previous nominees are encouraged to re-apply. Preference will be given to nominees who have been with the University of Colorado at least five years.

Criteria

The criteria for selecting recipients of the award are as follows:

Record of advancing women in the academic community (please note that nominee should show evidence of advancing women beyond his/her own department);

Significant and original scholarship and/or creative work;

Record of research, teaching, and/or service that pushes the boundaries of disciplinary knowledge and make connections between disciplines;

Distinguished record in teaching excellence.

Nomination

To nominate a candidate, please submit the following:

a nomination statement in letter form (please individually address each of the four criteria listed above in the letter),

a 2-3 page abbreviated current curriculum vitae of the nominee

a 1-2 page personal statement from the nominee (please individually address each of the four criteria listed above in the statement, and

a minimum of 3 letters of support from the University community and 1 letter from the extended academic community. One letter from a student or advisee is optional. More letters are allowed as long as the 20 page overall limit is not exceeded